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The Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Laboratory consists of 3 instruments: a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (Cu), a Bruker D8 Discover diffractometer (Cu), and a Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (Mo).

Bruker D8 Advance Diffractomer (Cu)

Equipped with a sealed-tube copper X-ray source and 0D/1D SSD160-2 detector.  The instrument can be optionally configured for variable temperature studies, from room temperature to 1,100 °C. This system was purchased by Prof. Arthur Mar (CHEM) through an NSERC grant and installed in June 2020.

Bruker D8 Discover Diffractomer (Cu)

Equipped with an air-cooled copper X-ray microsource and 0D/1D/2D Eiger 2R-500K detector.  The instrument can be optionally configured for (1) variable-temperature studies, from about -180 to 400 °C and (2) structural and other studies on thin films, such as X-ray reflectivity, high-resolution XRD, and grazing incidence XRD. System was purchased by a collective of 9 professors (from CHEM, CME, and EAS departments) through a CFI grant and installed in December 2023.

Bruker D8 Advance Diffractomer (Mo)

Equipped with a sealed-tube molybdenum X-ray source and 0D/1D LYNXEYE XE-T detector.  The instrument operates in the capillary geometry, and its configuration is suitable for total scattering experiments.  System was purchased by a collective of 9 professors (from CHEM, CME, and EAS departments) through a CFI grant and installed in December 2024.

The XRD Lab is located in room E4-10 of the Gunning/Lemieux Chemistry Centre.  To arrange access and training, please follow these .  If you run into difficulties, please contact  (director of the facility) or  (technician). For researchers external to the Department of Chemistry, please contact Dmitry to discuss arrangements for data collection and/or analysis.